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Pogey
Übersetzung von "pogey" ins Russisch
Definitionen
pogey
Substantiv
UK
/ˈpəʊɡi/
US
/ˈpoʊɡi/
A colloquial term for welfare benefits or unemployment assistance provided by the government.
After losing his job, he had to rely on pogey to make ends meet.
A slang term for a jail or prison.
He spent a few months in the pogey for petty theft.
A poorhouse or workhouse providing lodgings and food to the destitute.
During the Depression, many unemployed men slept in the town pogey.
Any of several Atlantic menhaden fishes (genus Brevoortia), valued for fish meal and oil; pogy.
Boats headed out at dawn to net pogey for the processing plant.
pogey
Adjektiv
UK
/ˈpəʊɡi/
US
/ˈpoʊɡi/
Relating to or provided by government unemployment or welfare benefits (used only before a noun).
He deposited his pogey cheque at the bank.